Ocular toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent 8-year-old child: a new active lesion or a late manifestation of a congenital toxoplasmosis?
Journal Title: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease - Year 2014, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
Infection with the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most frequent parasitic infections worldwide and the common infection of the retina in the general population. We describe a case report of a chorioretinitis in an immunocompetent 8-year-old patient as a consequence of a underdiagnosed neonatal toxoplasmosis. The boy was successfully managed with pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine. The present case we would like to empathize the importance of considering toxoplasma gondii as a possible cause of chorioretinitis in children living in developed countries and we provide a detailed reviewed of the literature about treatment of Toxoplasma gondii infection.
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